Smoking-tube.



' E. T. SGANLAN.

SMOKING TUBE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Witnesses Inventor Attorneys 1' J77 Ji /2 71,?

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SMOKING-TUBE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. SOANLAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented anew and useful Smoking- Tube, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tobacco, and more especially to that class ofdevices known as smoking tubes; and the object of the same is to providemeans for showing how much of the tobacco within the tube has beenconsumed.

To this end the invention consists in the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shownin the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of this improveddevice as a whole, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is across section on the line AB of Fig. 2 drawn on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the body which is bypreference of wood or some similar material and is formed eXteriorly tosimulate the size and shape of a cigar, whereas interiorly it has atobacco receiving chamber or bore 6 open at its front or outer end as at7 and having a fine passage or opening through its rear or inner end asat 8 to constitute the mouthpiece through which the smoke is drawn intothe users mouth. Through what will be the upper side of this body isformed any kind of an opening, herein shown as a longitudinal slot 9 asseen in Fig. 3, and through its lower side beneath the same is formedanother opening which is by preference a somewhat wider longitudinalslot 10; and the openings are by preference of about the proportionatelength shown in Fig. 2. Into the outer face of the body are cut orotherwise formed recesses 11 corresponding relatively to the position ofthe openings 9 and 10 but slightly greater in both dimensions, and intothese recesses fit plates 12 and 13. These plates in turn have openings(such as slots) along the centers of their bodies, as designated at 14and 15, and these also are of different widths so that they willcorrespond with the openings 9 and 10 in the body 5, than which they arehowever slightly narrower. Set screws 20 take through the extremities ofthe plates 12 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1911.

Patented Au. 1, 1911.

Serial No. 610,969.

13 and into the body as shown, although by preference they do not passthrough its wall or shell.

The use of this device is as follows: The set screws 20 and plates 12and 13 are removed, sheets 25 of paper or of tobacco leaf are laid intothe recesses over the openings 9 and 10 respectively, that over thewider opening 10 being put in place last and that over the other beingput in place first and held there by replacing its plate 12. The entiredevice is then turned the other side up from that shown in Fig. 3 sothat the (at this time) open slot 10 comes at the top, and through itthe tube is filled with tobacco of any grade and form which the smokerprefers. The other sheet25 is then laid in this recess, the plate 13laid over it, and its set screws 20 applied to hold this plate in place.Finally the smoker takes the thus filled de vice in his hand and bypreference inverts it so that the smaller opening 9 is at the top asseen in Fig. 3, and, lighting the tobacco at the front or open end 7 ofthe tube, he uses the latter as he would a cigar. As the fire burnsthrough the tobacco from the point of initial lighting, its draft is alittle choked by the ash remaining. However it progresses backwardtoward the mouth-piece 8 until it finally burns through the outer end ofthe sheets 25 when the draft is restored. The burning of the sheets alsogives visual notice to what extent the tobacco has been consumed. Itwill be clear that after the fire has crept along the openings andcompletely out of sight within the inner end of the body 5, the user hashad notice that the principal part of the tobacco in his smoking tubehas been consumed; and of course, the length of the openings is a matterof preference and they might be carried nearer to the mouthpiece ifpreferred.

What is claimed is:

1. The herein described smoking tube comprising a substantiallycigar-shaped body having openings through its walls of equal length butdifferent widths and recesses in its outer face larger than andcorresponding in shape with said openings, said recesses being adaptedfor the reception of sheets of combustible material, curved metal platesadapted in size to said recesses and themselves having openingsregistering with but smaller than the respective openings in isteringwith the respective openings in the body, and set screws extendingthrough ghelse plates and removably engaging said 15 In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing-as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in thepresence of two Witnesses.

EDYVARD T. SCANLAN.

WVitnesses:

F. B. OOHSENREITER, N. L. GOLLAMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

